Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life.

Don't do anything that isn't play

Always looking toward the next moment, the next month, the next event, rarely allowing myself the privilege of fully participating and embracing the happenings that were right before me for that day.

Gratitude takes effort; resentment is effortless.

That's the great question: Who sees the miracles of daily life? And the answer is: Whoever chooses to see.

Expectations Undermine Gratitude, the Key to Happiness

Given my view that tragedy is normal, I try to be happy unless something happens that makes me unhappy, rather than unhappy unless something makes me happy. Most people go through life waiting for something wonderful to happen to make them happy. My attitude is so long as nothing terrible is happening to us, we ought to be happy.

During the summer, I used to hate when my mom would call me inside to eat - it was such a drag to leave all the fun.

Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It's good to have a big — picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you're always living in the future, you're never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.